The Racing Rules of Sailing are published in English by World Sailing and will always take precedence over any translation, unless the translation of a particular racing rule has the status of a rule change as provided for in rules 85 and 86.

If none of the parties are present at the time the hearing is scheduled, it is at the discretion of the protest committee to decide if they want to reschedule the hearing or continue the hearing with none of the parties present, under RRS 63.3(b). 

 The protest committee may call a hearing if it believes that an incident occurred which may have resulted in injury or serious damage. It is not required that the incident is between two boats. 

The Post-Race penalty under rule T1(a) is not an additional penalty option available to boats at the time of an incident. It is only available to boats realizing that they might have broken a rule when it is too late to comply with rule 44.2..
By knowingly breaking a rule and not promptly taking a penalty, the boat violated a fundamental principle of sportsmanship, therefore she also broke rule 2.

An organization is affiliated if it is affiliated to the national authority of the venue; otherwise the organization is unaffiliated

An organization may be affiliated to the national authority either directly or through affiliation to an entity which in turn is affiliated to the national authority.

 If the national authority decides that the new and timely delivered evidence is also significant and might have led the protest committee to change its decision, it may reverse the decision of the protest committee and order that the hearing be reopened.

Out of Control boats, Capsized boats and rules 16.1 and 14

Determining an appropriate redress when the score includes both qualifier and final series

Rule  18.4 will apply at the finish line provided that the inside overlapped right-of-way boat must gybe to sail her proper course.